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NINETEENTH-CENTURY AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPERS

American Agriculturist

American Farmer

The Cultivator
(New York State Agricultural Society)

The Gardener's Magazine

Illinois Farmer

The New Genesee Farmer and Gardener's Journal

Prairie Farmer

Tennessee Farmer

Union Agriculturist and Western Prairie Farmer

Valley Farmer

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND JOURNALS

Agricultural History

American Cookery (The Boston Cooking School Magazine)

Daily Illinois State Journal

The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge

Godey's Lady's Book

Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Indiana Magazine of History

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

Life Magazine

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New York Times

Sangamo Journal

White House History

DOCUMENT COLLECTIONS

Cutter Papers. Collection of the Lincoln Cottage. National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC.

Menu collection. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN.

INDEX

Page numbers in
italics
denote recipes.

African Americans (free)
Mariah Vance,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
William H. Johnson,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
Allen, Dr. John,
4.1
,
4.2
Almond Pound Cake,
6.1
almonds,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
Andrews, Henry,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4

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